First spotted on Canon China's site, the Canon EOS 400D (known as the Digital Rebel XTi in North America, and EOS Kiss Digital X in Japan) digital SLR camera features a 10.1 MP sensor (APS-C 1.6X crop), anti-dust design for sensor cleaning, 9 point autofocus system, 3 frames per second, buffer for 10 RAW images or 27 JPEGs, 2.5" LCD with 230K pixels, 1/200 sec flash sync, and, hmmmm, Canon's done away with the small LCD screen. Canon also continues to use the CompactFlash format for memory storage for this camera.

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1. Canon EOS 400D / Digital Rebel XTi vs Nikon D80 - a comparison between two popular 10 Megapixel digital SLR cameras
2. Canon 400D / Digital Rebel XT Links
3. The Canon 400D / Digital Rebel XTi's shutter MTBF (mean time before failure) :> Shutter durability rated at 100,000 shots according to the information at USA.Canon.com.
4. Barry Fitzgerald's personal summary of the pros and cons of the Canon 400D vs Nikon D80 vs Sony Alpha A100
5. Indicative USA prices as reported in DCResource.com (24-Aug-2006) >> $799 for the body only, or $899 for the body + the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens
6. Rob Galbraith's Canon 400D Preview. Interesting in the piece is a statement from Chuck Westfall on how Canon managed to accomplish the same low noise levels as in the 350D, despite an increase in megapixels to ten. Also of interest is Canon's new implementation of the single, rear LCD screen that shows all the important settings in large, clear fonts and graphics - this might be preferable to many photographers who would otherwise have to squint at the information displayed in the top LCD, as is typical with other DSLRs.
7. No spot-metering on the Canon 400D, unfortunately
8. Reproduction of the Google-translated Canon China's 400D announcement found in a Fred Miranda's forum thread
9. Specifications for the two new Canon lenses found on hem.bredband.net
10. Indicative prices of the new lenses in HKD - 50mm f/1.2L approx HK$15,000; EF 20-700mm f/4.0L approx HK$10,000.
11. ISO range = 100 to 1600
12. Go and read this dchome.net thread discussing the newly-announced Canon 400D, if you understand Chinese
13. Screen dump of the Google translation of the Canon China page which was hastily taken down

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